> (1) The "intimidating syntax". Hey, you do not even need to be using <$> never mind the rest of those operators. Perl and Haskell can be baroque, but stay awa

> (1) The "intimidating syntax". Hey, you do not even need to be using <$> never mind the rest of those operators. Perl and Haskell can be baroque, but stay away from that part of the language until it is useful. But you have to be able to read and understand code using them.